Sepietta oweniana

Sepietta oweniana
Sepietta oweniana from the Mediterranean Sea
(27 mm ML, 29 mm ML)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Sepietta
Species: S. oweniana
Binomial name
Sepietta oweniana
(Orbigny, 1839 in 1839–1841)
Synonyms
  • Sepiola oweniana
    Orbigny, 1839 in 1839-1841

Sepietta oweniana, also known as the Common Bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Specifically, its natural range strecthes from Norway to the Faroe Islands; Morocco and the Madeira Islands south to Mauritania; and in the Mediterranean it is present in the Ligurian Sea, Strait of Sicily, Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Levantine Sea. A single record exists from Visakhapatam in the Indian Ocean.[1]

S. oweniana grows to a maximum mantle length (ML) of 50 mm in the North Sea. Specimens from the Mediterranean Sea are smaller; males grow to 35 mm ML, females to 40 mm ML.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. Family Sepiolidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 153–203.

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